Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins
Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...
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NASA releases new details on ‘city-killer’ asteroid — and the moon may be at risk of being struck
After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth safe from “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4. On Tuesday, the space agency recently placed space rock’s impact ...
NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon however, may not be in the clear.
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...
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Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
On Feb. 18, 2025, NASA updated the probability of asteroid "2024 YR4" impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, from 2.6% to 3.1%. The European Space Agency (ESA) also updated its estimate of the ...
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Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...
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NASA Tracking Three Plane-Sized Asteroids Approaching Earth Today
The data "found there is no significant potential for this asteroid to impact our planet for the next century," NASA said in a blog post on February 24. The space agency noted that "NASA has ...
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NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
Feb. 20 (UPI) --NASA said that new data cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. In a blog post on Wednesday, NASA said it expects the impact probability "to continue to ...
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Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth drop from record high, NASA says of 'city killer'
Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 130 to 300 feet wide, currently has a 1.5% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. The odds of impact have decreased from initial estimates, and NASA expects them to ...
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NASA estimated deadly asteroid had 20% chance of hitting Earth in 2032... but kept the odds quiet
NASA scientists previously estimated that the odds of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 could rise to 20 percent, but the agency never told the public. A statistical analysis ...
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NASA confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has gotten media ... all near-Earth objects 140 meters or larger by 2020. Chodas says that they are at around 45% right now. NASA is planning as soon as 2027 to launch NEO ...